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There is much disagreement amongst fans and filmmakers as to exactly why Roy Batty saves Rick Deckard's life at the end of this movie. For example, according to Sir Ridley Scott, It was an endorsement in a way, that the character is almost more human than human, in that he can demonstrate a very human quality at a time when the roles are reversed and Deckard may have been delighted to blow his head off. But Roy takes the humane route. But also, in a way, because Roy wants a kind of death watch, where he knows he is going, dying. So in a sense, he is saving Deckard for something, to pass on the information that what the makers are doing is wrong - either the answer is not to make them at all, or deal with them as human beings. (Future Noir, 193) On the audio commentary, Scott also suggested that Batty respects Deckard's defiance and refusal to ask for help, and therefore deems him worthy of saving. According to Rutger Hauer, however, there is an altogether more mundane reason behind Roy's actions. "Ridley insisted that one thing Batty had to have was absolutely no sense of hesitation. He doesn't reflect, he reacts. He's faster than anybody. A characteristic of the Nexus 6. So, if you follow that thought, you reach a point where you realize that if somebody falls, Batty grabs. It has nothing to do with how he feels about Deckard, it's just a reactive moment. That's what Roy's built for. In fact, while we were shooting this moment, we had a problem with the rain machines and had to wait around for them to be fixed. And I actually asked, 'Ridley, what do you think? Why does Roy save this fucker?' And Ridley looked at me and said, 'It's purely a reflex. Other than that, I don't know.' This response might bother some people, because so many folks have read a lot of meaning into Batty saving Deckard's life. But actions always come first. Then we think about them. Roy doesn't know why he saves Deckard or grabs a dove. He just does it." (Future Noir, 194) Of course, it is very well possible that the actual grasping and saving are two separate actions by Roy. Throughout this movie, Roy has shown that he has no problem with killing. Even if Roy grasped Deckard in a reflex, if he really wanted him dead, he could just have released him and let him fall to his death. Holding on to Deckard and even hoisting him up to safety therefore feels like a deliberate act, and Roy may even be conflicted about his reasons for doing it. In the theatrical cut, the scene is followed by a narrative voice-over by Deckard: "I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life - anybody's life; my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die."

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